Description
Delicious and chewy ginger molasses cookies that are perfect for the holidays or any time you crave something sweet and spiced.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Applesauce (Use baby food applesauce)
- ⅓ cup Molasses
- 1 tbsp Ginger (Finely grated fresh ginger)
- 2 Large egg whites
- 2¼ cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Allspice
- ¼ tsp Ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
- ⅛ tsp Ground cloves
- ¼ cup Finely chopped candied ginger
- 1 cup Additional granulated sugar mixed with 1 tbsp ground cinnamon (For rolling cookie dough balls)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add brown sugar, applesauce, molasses, fresh ginger and mix until smooth.
- Add egg whites and mix again.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, black pepper and ground clove.
- Dump the dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Stir in candied ginger.
- Chill the dough for 3 hours.
- Scoop out small portions of the dough and form little balls.
- Roll them in a bowl of cinnamon sugar and place on a baking tray, lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes or until the edges have set.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- This dough can be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated overnight.
- For extra spice, add more ground ginger to the dough or sprinkle on top before baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 75mg
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg